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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1913

Page

2

Pathfinder the Pathfinder Guest of City in Mobile Visit

Pathfinder and party staged a sight seeing tour with extensive escort cars including County Commissioners Bauer Green and Hagan meeting the car at the Mobile county line. The group was hosted at the Battle House and Carwthon luncheon, with a route toward San Francisco planned via Beaumont and Houston.

Mount Vernon Mobile BE. L. Ferguson Pacific New Orleans Mr. Ferguson Jackson J. D. Bloch Pathfinder Hudson John T. Bauer Telegraph Road Ford Charles Green Bloch John D. Hagan James T. Duggan Battle House Carl Holzborn L. G. Adams G. A. Maloney Ferguson San Francisco Atlanta Birmingham Montgomery Selma

Albert P Bush to oversee crop fund deposits nationwide

Secretary McAdoo announced the assignment of the 50 million dollar government crop movement fund in national banks across the West and South. The current total allotted is 46.5 million with 21.8 million in the South and DC and 24.7 million in the West. Southern banks seek August-September deposits while Western banks want September-November allocations, with funds on deposit for four to five months and repayment by next April.

Associated Press Washington McAdoo District of Columbia Alabama Birmingham F. M. Tutwiller Mobile Albert P. Bush Montgomery W. A. Gayle Arkansas Little Rock W. M. Kavanaugh Florida Jacksonville Pensacola Tampa Georgia Atlanta Savannah Augusta Macon Kentucky Lexington J. F Cassidy Louisville Louisiana New Orleans W. T. Hardie Shreveport Maryland Baltimore Mississippi Jackson W. Q. Cole Meridian J. H. Wright Vicksburg M. P. Harding North Carolina San Antonio Virginia Lynchburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke

Bride Arrested in Recorder Court for Profanity and Drunkenness

Clarkie Bride a contractor living on Augusta street was arrested Wednesday morning in the recorder's court on charges of using profane language in the presence of females and of drunkenness. Det Warren Burch escorted him to jail and additional charges were added. Cases to be heard by Recorder Folington Thursday morning.

Clarkie Bride Augusta Street Recorder’s Court Bride Warren Burch Folington

First Picture of Lind in Mexico Arrives at Railway Depot

Photographed on arrival in Mexico City August 9 the tall Lind wearing a fedora stands at the center with an officer of the honorary military escort and a meeting with President Wilson's special envoy.

Mexico City Mr. Lind Wilson

Mass Mobilization For Mobile Chamber Friday Luncheon

More than a hundred members of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee accept invites for the first meeting Friday at noon at the Cawthon Hotel Vineyard. Don Farnsworth says the group will be powerful and energetic and represents diverse local businesses with a pledge against taxation without representation.

Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means-Committee Don Farnsworth Cawthon Hotel Vineyard Ways and Means Committee Farnsworth Mobile Ways and Means Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League

Inferior Court Sentences Women in Assault Case

In the inferior criminal court Corinne Johnson was fined $2.50 or ten days in jail for assault and battery. Corinne Zimmermar and Sarat arr were sentenced to three hours in jail on charges.

Corinne Johnson Corinne Zimmermar Saratarr

Gostly Treatment Success Story From Arkansas Reader

A Whitlow Arkansas man C H Hines recounts long battles with constipation and indigestion and costly medicines, noting hospital visits in St Louis and New Orleans yielded no cure before taking Chamberlains Tablets which restored his health. Sold by dealers.

C. H. Hines Whitlow Ark St. Louis New Orleans Chamberlain

Embroidery Pattern Boom Draws Crowds at The Item

A flood of customers swarmed the Embroidery Department yesterday as Imperial Pattern outfits went on sale. Buyers paid six embroidery coupons plus 58 cents each, with out-of-town patrons charged 7 cents postage.

The Lost Painter Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad

An old advertisement promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve by claiming immediate pain relief for cuts bruises sprains burns and other skin injuries. Clinton Me resident E E Chamberlain praises its healing power and the ad notes availability at Van Antwerp Drug Corp.

Bucklen E. E. Chamberlain Clinton, Me van Antwerp Drug Corp Adv

Lawyers Expect Early Setting In Cotton Discrimination Case

Answers to the Chamber of Commerce Cotton Exchange complaint have been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by 210 railroad respondents. Hearing likely within weeks as Chicago lawyers Luther, Walter and John S. Birchmore concluded conferences with Mobile officials and reviewed evidence with the Joint Cotton Investigating Committee.

Chamber of Commerce-Cotton Exchange Mobile Interstate Commerce Commission Luther, Walter John S. Birchmore Chicago Joint R. G. Cobb Chamber of Commerce W. HH. Armbrecht

A F Lee Arrested at Hattiesburg Georgia Bride’s Brother to Aid Return

Augustus F. Lee the Florida attorney married Miss Sadie Smith of Milton Florida last Thursday night was arrested in Hattiesburg Mississippi. A warrant from Georgia alleged a statutory offense against a Swainsboro Georgia young woman and was sent to Mobile and Hattiesburg officials. Georgia authorities were notified and the bride’s relatives plan to aid Lee’s return to Milton. The case is now in Georgia hands for papers to secure extradition. The report also notes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tonic for the ill and pale.

Crenshaw Hattiesburg Miss Augustus F. Lee Florida Sadie Smith Milton Fla Eman Swainsboro Mobile Georgia Lee Chief Crenshaw

Labor union reps fail to arrive stalling Mobile strike

International Longshoremen's Union officials did not reach Mobile as expected, leaving the threatened strike by the colored longshoremen still at a standstill. Local and international members planned to seek an amicable settlement with the stevedores.

International Longshoremen’s Union Mobile International Organization

Fine Result of Good Roads Days

Montgomery Alabama reports at least seventy five thousand workers across more than fifty counties participated in Good Roads Days. Governor O Neal may award medals or badges to top contributors and archive their names for history. Secretary J A Rountree notes continued observance next year and requests forms to enroll participants.

Montgomery Ala Alabama J. A. Rountree O'Neal J. A Rountreet Alabama Good Roads Associament

Quo Vadis Draws Largest Matinee Audience Yet

Amusements note the immense turnout for Quo Vadis at the Lyric with both matinee and night shows drawing crowds. The sensational motion picture is described as the age’s greatest drama with seats selling all day and attendance records reportedly broken.

Lydic

Southern Route Proposed to Attract Motoring Tourists

Ernest L. Ferguson promoted a southern all-continental route to link Atlantic cities with El Paso and Atlanta, arguing mountain regions west of the Mississippi are impassable. He toured Mobile with his family to show southern highways, hotels, and garages could profit tourists. local officials and newspapers supported the plan at a luncheon.

Mobile South Ernest L. Ferguson Cawthon Hotel New Orleans Atlantic Pacific Ferguson Mississippi Atlanta el Paso Texas Mr. Ferguson John D. Hagan Paul Stevenson Montgomery Advertiser Birmingham News Stanley C. Arthur New Orleans Litem John, T. Bauer Jospeh Jackson Carl Holzborn

Stearns Electric Paste Advertises Cockroach Extermination

An old advertisement promotes Stearns Electric Paste as a guaranteed solution for cockroaches rats and mice. It claims immediate dead insects by morning and notes the product is sold by druggists for 25 cents or one dollar with money back guarantee. The Stearns Electric Paste Co based in Chicago Illinois ships prepaid on receipt of price.

Stearns Stearns’ Electric Paste Co Chicago Ill

Deaths and Funerals Notice for Carlisle and Weineth

Robert Sims Carlisle aged fifty died at North Mobile. His remains were sent to Gilbert Town for burial. He is survived by his wife and relatives in the area and Gilbert Town. Alonzo Joseph Weineth, nine months old, child of Largin and France Weineth of Dau Way near Alexander, died at three this morning. A funeral is set for Thursday morning with interment in the Catholic cemetery.

Robert Sol Alonzo Joseph Weineth Largin France Weineth Dau Way Alexander Cath

The trusting maiden who Marries for a Home

A brief note reflects a maiden who marries for a home and faces high rent costs. It comments on the social pressure of securing shelter through marriage and the financial burden that follows.

Don’t Endure Skin Humors Use Resinol Ointment

Don’t endure itching and burning skin. Buy Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap from the nearest druggist. Bathe patches, apply ointment, and soon relief comes. Resinol products claim to cure pimples dandruff sores and piles and are prescribed by doctors for eighteen years. Trial free from Dept Resinol Baltimore MD.

United States Dept Resinol Baltimore

Prompted Glasses Repair In One To Four Hours

You can bring in the broken glasses pieces for an exact duplicate. We will grind a new lens to match the original in one to four hours regardless of where the glasses were made. Bell Phone 163.

L. and N. Rail Line Promises Prosperity and Help

The advertisement argues that the coming year will bring plenty and prosperity after a harsh previous year. It urges farmers and merchants to seek maximum prices and fair costs, and promotes L. and N. transport services for freight and passenger needs across Alabama and the globe. It offers expert information on routes, rates, and travel.

Alabama

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Treasury Pierce Buffalo Piece Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute N. Y Dr. Pierce The Bank of Mobile National Banking Association Knoxville Tenn Southern Railway North Royal Serer James Freeman D. E. Lowr Robson, Trav Age Mobile Lind Mexico John Lind Gostly Walter Birchmore Cotton A. F. Lee Grove New York City Fifth Ave Broadway D. P. Ritchey Bijou Ady JO Vadis Carl Rescent Columbia Ice Cream Co Florence Kelly Athlone Warneck Rowley Orchestra Tre Vineyard McDonald Optical Company Dauphin Street Bell Phone Louisville and Nashville
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